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Developing countries should invest $1.2 trillion to guarantee basic social
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 18 (ANI): Developing countries should invest about 1.2 trillion dollars -- on average 3.8 per cent of their GDP -- to guarantee at least basic income security and access to essential health care for all in 2020 alone, according to a new policy brief by the Internati
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Ponzi scheme operators looting public by distorting 'Direct Selling Guidel
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 21 (ANI/Digpu): Ponzi scheme operators are ruining the 'Direct Selling Industry' and 'Network Marketing Industry' in India that has huge potential in developing countries like India as per the research carried out by various agencies in the past.
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'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas' resonates with SDG principle: PM
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India is supporting other developing countries in meeting their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the country is playing a salient role in achieving Agenda 2030.
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India's pharma industry an asset for the world: PM Narendra Modi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): In a virtual global address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Indian pharmaceutical industry has been an "asset" not just for its own country but also for the entire world as it leads to "reducing the cost of medicine" for developing countries
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American Corp. approves $1 billion funding to support projects in developi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): The US-based Development Finance Corporation has approved an investment of USD one billion to support global development projects in developing countries, including Africa, Latin America, as well as the Indo-Pacific region, reeling from COVID-19.
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China has made great progress in COVID-19 vaccine research: Chinese Ambass
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong on Wednesday said that China has made "great progress" in vaccine research and development in the fight against COVID-19 and, when developed, it would be accessible to developing countries.
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Plug social protection gaps in developing countries to prevent future cris
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): The COVID-19 crisis has exposed devastating gaps in social protection coverage in developing countries and recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented if they can transform their ad hoc crisis response measures into comprehensive social pro
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Facebook testing new app to provide free data in developing countries
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], May 6 (ANI): Social media giant Facebook is testing a new app which provides free internet access in developing countries.
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Gilead in talks with Indian drugmakers to produce remdesivir for treatment
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): US-based biopharmaceutical major Gilead Sciences said on Wednesday it is negotiating long-term voluntary licences with several generic drugmakers in India to produce remdesivir for developing countries.
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UNCTAD predicts $3.4 trillion debt for developing countries amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 25 (ANI): Developing countries' repayments on their public external debt alone will soar to between 2.6 trillion and 3.4 trillion USD in 2020 and 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said in a new report while calling for a glo
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Saving lives and protecting livelihoods go hand in hand: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 4 (ANI): IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has urged the world to come together to protect the most vulnerable from the unprecedented health and economic crisis.
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UN calls for $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing count
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 31 (ANI): With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries (excluding China) facing unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations is calling for a 2.5 trillion dollars package for these countries to turn expressio
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